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2/23/2012 Rocket Ship Ska Trip

(2/23 in a nutshell... )
Big 3rd-hour highlight from Lolli-land... we here a the RSST have managed to score the Ernest Ranglin 1964 instrumental backing track to Millie (Small)'s hit My Boy Lollipop... wheee, did we have fun with THAT! Steve Alaimo covered The Blues Busters, Suggs from Madness did "Oranges and Lemons Again" with the Jools Holland Orchestra, Sherwood rediscovered Al Hirt's Maxwell House-inspired "Perky", and as the show aired, Shiina Ringo's band was a week away from becoming history, so a track from their final studio ep "Color Bars" seemed natural. In 16 years, we'll be marking the 4th anniversary of the breakup... The "Ooh" couldn't get enough of that Soweto Stokvel track "Eddie's Ska", near the beginning of a set that included Millie Small, Baba Brooks, Bob Marley and Donatella.
All over the map is just how we like it... travel broadens the mind!

Playlist Tracks:

Artist

Title

Album

Label

Duration

Tommy McCook with Baba Brooks Band

Rocket Ship

45

Treasure Isle

159

Millie (Small)

Oh Henry

the best of... ...my boy lollipop

Spectrum/Universal

112

Soweto Stokvel Septette

Eddie's Ska

78

Stokvel

138

The Rockin' Rebels

Bongo Blue Beat

45

Stork

108

Mark Thatcher

Do the Blue Beat

45

UA

121

Alton Ellis

The Preacher

v.a. Rude Boy 3cd box set

Trojan

133

Baba Brooks & his Recording Band

Faberge

v.a. King Size Ska

Trojan

167

Roy Richards

Jamaican Memories

v.a. Jamaican Memories

Trojan/Blue Cat

143

Nehemiah Reid

The Fiddler

v.a. Jamaican Memories

Trojan/Blue Cat

179

Roland Alphonso

Jungle Bit

v.a. King Size Ska

Trojan

189

(bumper) Mutant Frogs

The Great UFO Crash of '47

"It's One Of Ours"

Skankworks/IMT

200

Derrick Harriott

Monkey Ska

v.a. Monkey Ska

Trojan

134

Bob Marley & the (Wailing) Wailers

Donna

The Birth of a Legend

Epic/Calla

173

The Skatalites

I Should Have Known Better

Foundation Ska

Heartbeat/Studio 1

244

The Skatalites

Ringo's Theme (This Boy)

Foundation Ska

Heartbeat/Studio 1

234

Judge Dread

All In The Mind

Dreadmania

Lagoon

194

The English Beat

Jeanette

12"

IRS

247

The Selecter

Street Feeling

Too Much Pressure

Chrysalis/2Tone

195

(Donatella) Rettore

Donatella

45

Ariston

193

Madness

Cardiac Arrest

s-t

Geffen

178

(bumper) Mutant Frogs

Sherwood's Planet

Warts 'n' all

Skankworks/IMT

181

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Perfect Future

Perfect Future

Avex

228

The Specials

Holiday Fortnight

More Specials

Chrysalis/2Tone

165

Vanda King

Ooh Whatcha Do

45

Glory

131

Hank Marr

Brifge to Shangri-La

45

Federal

238

Phil Upchurch

Nothing but the Soul

You Can't Sit Down Part Two

Boyd

214

Tito Puente

Yambeque

Cuban Carnival

RCA

165

Enoch Light & the Light Brigade

The Mad Russian

Dancing in the Dark - Disco Greats

Project 3

303

Shiina Ringo

Mikan no Kawa

Ringo Expo '08

Toshiba/EMI

18

(bumper) Mutant Frogs

Tea Time with Sherwood (custom bumper-timed edit)

unrl.

Skankworks-IMT

120

(bumper) Mutant Frogs

It's Always Time Somewhere (custom bumper-timed edit)

unrl.

Skankworks-IMT

180

Joe Loco

Regalame Esta Noche

45

Imperial

152

Dick Barlow & his Orchestra

Swedish Rhapsody

Music to Make You Feel That Certain Way

Mercury

149

Al Hirt

Perky

45

RCA

130

YMCK

Cette Annee La ("Oh What a Night")

v.a. Clo Clo - Made in Japan

Columbia

185

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Italiano

James Monroe H.S. presents Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes To Washington